dmb > Makes me feel kinda sorry for our newcomers,
Your concern is touching. It reminds me of Bill's "I feel your pain." All newcomers need to know is that Pirsig's work attracts folks from the entire political spectrum from extreme left to extreme right and everywhere in between. Of course any who wish can warp it to support their political bent, and do. But the bottom line is that in nearly 15 years of discussions there has been no consensus on how to interpret his work let alone what the political implications might be. In fact as the discussions have progressed a general pattern has evolved. Those who have stayed with it longest have each stabilized their positions to the point that they are irreconcilable with any other reading of the work. Hard as it is for the Western mind if you treat his works as koans it may be possible to minimize the intellectual traps. "The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'" ZaMM 1975 PB lead page Dave Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
